Balanced Assessment with the Gifted Learner in Mind

Welcome to the planning wiki used to develop this module. This site offers extended materials for presenters to use when tailoring the presentation to meet the needs of their attendees. If you would like to submit materials/ideas for presentation facilitation please contact Allison Graves, Lydia (Kay) Shows, or Angela Boubouheropoulos.

Presentation

Materials

Research

Module Development

Potential goals-- (discussed during December GRT meeting)

• The "end" dictates unit priorities;
• Overview; establishing pieces and reflection, formative and pre-assessment pieces;
• Leave with something practical;
• Pre-assessment piece(s) and plan for how to use it;
• Provide several pre-assessment "entry points"
• Show pre-assessment piece followed by student work--what is action plan?
• Here's what, so what, now what?
• Now what--guided questions for discussion and reflection

Finalized goals--

1. Explore the importance of creating a balanced assessment system that gauges student mastery and understanding of content and of gifted benchmarks;
2. Create a variety of assessment pieces that challenge gifted learners to demonstrate the facets of understanding.

Big Idea(s)

• Here's What! (How does balanced assessment enhance gifted learner outcomes and benchmarks?)--15 minutes?
• Now What? (What assessment strategies work best to achieve the goals stated in part one?)---15 minutes?
• So What... (How could you employ one or more of these strategies in a specific unit?)--15 minutes?
• Look at What! (What did you create?)--5 minutes?